The history of Phuket in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries is quite interesting and one name keeps popping up: Khaw Sim Bee who is better known by his lordly title of Phraya Rassada. It was this latter sobriquet that was given to him after Siam's provincial government structure was reorganized in 1896 and … Continue reading Daily Phuket #7: 2 March 2021 – Khaw Sim Bee & the First Police Station